While SCAD heart attack patients range from their teens to their 80s, the average patient is 42 years old. What you should know:
. They are also told to avoid high-impact and high-intensity sports and heavy lifting that causes strain -- things like bodybuilding or shoveling snow.As recently as 2009, Hayes thought SCAD was too rare to study. But then she met two patients who told her an online SCAD community had grown to 70 women. Hayes connected with them and started a pilot study that has since enrolled nearly 1,100 women and men into a SCAD registry. Mayo's SCAD clinic now sees 12 to 15 new patients each month.
Doctors used to view SCAD as frequently fatal but now think the mortality rate is low, ranging between 1% and 5%. But SCAD happens again more than previously believed, returning in more than 20% of people followed for a decade. Early and proper diagnosis is crucial to save lives and prevent sudden cardiac death.Doctors often treat SCAD with a combination of aspirin and an anti-
Unfortunately, that’s not what happened with Hensley. Doctors put stents in her arteries because they felt she would die without that intervention. But she had five more SCADs in the first 6 months after the procedure, which doctors later told her could be a complication of the stents.
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